Can a lens be cleaned INSIDE!
Sep 7, 2012 13:52:22 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
I always have extra parts leftover!
peterg wrote:
You could take the lens apart and clean it. However, the chances are slim that you could reassemble it so that it works OK. Please don't ask how I know! :-)
I always have extra parts leftover!
Not a good feeling! :lol: A screw here or there is one thing. A piece of glass or a connecting flex circuit and you might be in the wrong field. :roll:
Sep 7, 2012 13:59:46 #
pounder35 wrote:
Not a good feeling! :lol: A screw here or there is one thing. A piece of glass or a connecting flex circuit and you might be in the wrong field. :roll:
GoofyNewfie wrote:
I always have extra parts leftover!
peterg wrote:
You could take the lens apart and clean it. However, the chances are slim that you could reassemble it so that it works OK. Please don't ask how I know! :-)
I always have extra parts leftover!
Not a good feeling! :lol: A screw here or there is one thing. A piece of glass or a connecting flex circuit and you might be in the wrong field. :roll:
It was lighter though!
Sep 7, 2012 14:07:33 #
Sep 7, 2012 14:10:36 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
It was lighter though!
pounder35 wrote:
Not a good feeling! :lol: A screw here or there is one thing. A piece of glass or a connecting flex circuit and you might be in the wrong field. :roll:
GoofyNewfie wrote:
I always have extra parts leftover!
peterg wrote:
You could take the lens apart and clean it. However, the chances are slim that you could reassemble it so that it works OK. Please don't ask how I know! :-)
I always have extra parts leftover!
Not a good feeling! :lol: A screw here or there is one thing. A piece of glass or a connecting flex circuit and you might be in the wrong field. :roll:
It was lighter though!
Lighter is not good for a paper weight. :lol: :thumbup:
Sep 7, 2012 14:10:55 #
Barb wrote:
NO .. I WILL NOT TAKE APART! but, thanks for the idea! :)
We're kidding!!!!
.....Dishwasher on low heat?
Seriously, I have some specks in some of my lenses too.
Unless it's big, I doubt if it will show.
Sep 7, 2012 14:16:21 #
pounder35 wrote:
Lighter is not good for a paper weight. :lol: :thumbup:
Lighter is not good for a paper weight. :lol: :thumbup:
...or a lamp base.
Our repair guy at Clark AFB in the Philippines had a lamp he made out of a 50-300 Nikon zoom lens.
It wasn't even a good lamp.
Sep 7, 2012 14:21:34 #
Sep 7, 2012 17:19:51 #
Barb, yes the lens can be cleaned inside but not recommended for a beginner. I spoiled a lens that way when I first started cleaning my own. As to the dust inside, no lens, which zooms is completely sealed. As the lens components move in and out to focus or to change focal length a vacuum is created which pulls dust, etc into the lens. Can't be helped, nature of the beast. But a little dust will not cause a problem with you images. Make your images, check them on the computer, print the results and enjoy the image.
Rick
(Its not the hardware, its the results that are important.)
Rick
(Its not the hardware, its the results that are important.)
Sep 7, 2012 17:22:25 #
Sep 7, 2012 19:42:34 #
Apply gentle vacuum (negative pressure) near the rear of the lens. Don't put the lens and vacuum attachement flush. Works for me.
Even if you were shooting at f22 it is unlikely that your
final image woould be affected, assuming it's the lens and not the sensor. If it does, by some chance affect your ouput, use the clone tool in PP.
Even if you were shooting at f22 it is unlikely that your
final image woould be affected, assuming it's the lens and not the sensor. If it does, by some chance affect your ouput, use the clone tool in PP.
Sep 7, 2012 21:36:11 #
gemac
Loc: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
the extreme of dust on the lens is the technique of chain link fences and (a fairly fast)telephoto lens. Push the lens as close as you can to the wire, open it full aperture and the wires vanish. The farther away the dust from the lens surface or inside (where none of the light is in focus) the more likely you will have image problems. Dirt on a filter's outer surface or shooting through a smeary window is nastier than dust on a lens. The article of lens abuse in this blog where the author eventually destroyed the front element is an excellent viewpoint
Sep 7, 2012 23:45:55 #
chebe48
Loc: Leicestershire England
Are you sure the dust is in your lens and not in the view finder. I thought I had the same problem a while back, had the sensor cleaned, the dust was stil there, I took the lens with the camera to my local Canon agent and they showed me the dust was in the viewfinder and not in the lens. Annoying I know but it has no effect on the images.
Sep 8, 2012 00:27:42 #
Just tape the lens firmly to the top of your car and send it through the local full service car wash. I do not, however, recommend that you purchase the optional car wax application.
Sep 8, 2012 00:30:09 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
I always have extra parts leftover!
peterg wrote:
You could take the lens apart and clean it. However, the chances are slim that you could reassemble it so that it works OK. Please don't ask how I know! :-)
I always have extra parts leftover!
I assume you never had a wish to explore a career in EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal)!
Sep 8, 2012 03:22:24 #
Pablo8
Loc: Nottingham UK.
I would settle for ONE speck of dust. You could buy another lens , and find more than one speck inside.
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